Ohio Highway Patrol Reports Decrease In Ohio Traffic Fatalities Over 2011 Holiday Reporting Period

Tuesday, the Ohio State Highway Patrol issued a press release stating that Ohio is on pace to see a decline in the number of people killed on Ohio's roadways in 2011, after experiencing a spike to 1,080 last year, up from a record low 1,022 in 2009. As of December 27, 2011, reports indicated 963 confirmed deaths and an additional 47 provisional unconfirmed deaths, for a total worst case scenario of 1,010 traffic deaths.

During the holiday reporting period from December 23 through December 26, eight people were killed, a nearly 43 percent decline in fatalities from 2009 when 14 people were killed during the same period. During last year's holiday reporting period from December 30, 2010, through January 2, 2011, 10 people lost their lives on Ohio's roadways.

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